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The Baxter Project Blog

Practical, trauma-informed insight for schools, families and children’s services. Explore our current themes, including Motivational Interviewing, trauma recovery, child development, sleep, learned helplessness, and rupture and repair.

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Insight that helps adults support children differently.

Our blog explores the ideas behind The Baxter Project’s work: relationship-first practice, trauma recovery, emotional regulation, and the small shifts that help young people feel safe enough to engage.

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What We Write About

Resources for everyone supporting young people.

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School Avoidance

Helping schools think differently about anxiety, avoidance and safe re-engagement for young people who struggle to attend.

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Relational Practice

Why trust, consistency and low-pressure connection matter for vulnerable young people — and how to build them deliberately.

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Beyond Mainstream

Learning from colleges, EOTAS, PRUs and alternative provision — what works when traditional settings haven't.

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Safeguarding & Dogs

How animal-assisted work is safely governed in school environments — everything you need to know before saying yes.

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